Heart Pine Mantel (2)

20. October 2009

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Heart Pine Mantel (2)

If you want a more full description of what went into the project, you can just check out the first mantel I made of this style/material.
This particular mantel was actually built to suit an application for the home of the gentleman that got me this wonderful ol’ turn of the century pine!  I hope that [...]

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Church Sign

19. October 2009

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Church Sign

Figured I would go ahead and post the sign I built for my old church.  I had a good time making it!  In order to achieve the textured metal look without the cost of… well, buying textured metal… I actually used OSB board with an internal 2×4 frame, that was then coated with a marine [...]

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Custom Floating Shelves & Freestanding Cabinets

11. October 2009

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Custom Floating Shelves & Freestanding Cabinets

In attempting to pull together elements already in the room (square casing and pine plank flooring) I decided on a kind of traditional/modern hybrid design.  Using some of the old heart pine 2×4’s from some of my other recent projects for the cabinet tops and a chunky style of floating or ‘bracketless’ shelving I think [...]

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Heart Pine Mantel

9. October 2009

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Heart Pine Mantel

After receiving some turn of the century 2×4s reclaimed from a tobacco barn I decided to  build a mantel.  It’s always nice to get ahold of some old lumber, and especially when those pieces are aged and tobacco stained studs that are the legit 2 inches by 4 inches.  Beautiful!  Instead of planing the heck [...]

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6. October 2009

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Butcher-Block Counter Addition

Butcher-Block Counter Addition

Wandering around my neighborhood I found some old aromatic cedar fencing that a neighbor was throwing out.  Though cedar is a softer wood not always favorable for butcher-block, I chose to use the end-grain (always the hardest part of any wood species), and proceed.  In the end cedar is plenty hard enough in this formation [...]

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